DateDiff

The DateDiff function calculates the time difference between two dates.

Syntax

DateDiff(unit, start, end)

The function has the following arguments:

unit

Required

The unit to measure the difference.

Can be one of “year”, "quarter", “month”, “week”, “day”, “hour”, “minute”, “second”, “millisecond”.

start

Required

The starting date

Note that the value must be a date. If the column is not in the appropriate format, use the Date function on the argument.

end

Required

The ending date

Note that the value must be a date. If the column is not in the appropriate format, use the Date function on the argument.

Notes

• To find the difference, the start date is subtracted from the end date. If the end date precedes the start date, the output is a negative integer.
• The unit argument does not support columns.
• Sigma rounds the result to the nearest integer.
• If start or end is Null, the function returns Null.

Examples

DateDiff("day", Date("2022-01-01"), Date("2023-01-01"))

Finds the difference between the dates January 1, 2022 and January 1, 2023, and returns 365.

DateDiff("day", Date("2024-01-01"), Date("2023-01-01"))

Finds the difference between the dates January 1, 2024 and January 1, 2023, and returns -365.

DateDiff("day", Date("2024-01-01"), Null)

Returns Null.

DateDiff(“day”, [Invoice Date], Today())

Returns the number of days between the date in the Invoice Date column and the current UTC date.

DateDiff("year", [Invoice Date], Date("2018-01-01"))

Returns the number of years between the date in the Invoice Date column and January 1, 2018.